The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-18
THE CITY COUNCIL
HAS 4 SHORT SPECIAL MEE11Nc
In which there ,sa Good Deal Of Lively Dis
I, eussion-rhs boatd Of Public Works APP.
propria,iops-rhc Fifth Ward u. & o.
switch- Ltquer Licenses, etc.

a tpteial uuoos'nR u SouncA WEB nelu
at the Public Building last evening. It
wao called LOT the purpose Of dispoalns Of
unfinished business, the principal thing
in that line being the ordinance intro.
duced in the Second Branch a. the meet.
ing held on Tuesday night Of last week BY
Mr.. Jaeger. 1t was read oncs at tha.
time, but It's second reedlns being objected
to by Mr.. Gruae It was forced to lie on the
table till the nest meeting. The ordi.
nance is ono auending that part Of the
annual Appropriation ordinance, appro.
prlatlng money to the Board Of Public
Works, and Provides TINT aftcr the
brick paving ordered done last
year is completed, the Board shall have
the power to expend tho hslance In such
q manner and In such places as In ia
judgment msy. apponr beat. That was tho
original form In which the appropriation
ordinance passed the. Second Branch.
The First amended by inserting the Rob.
ertson substitute, which provides iust
where the Board shall pave, and contsm an.
Of work moro than the Board will have
themoney to pay for. The Second con.
Cured In the action OF the Fi,st.
Several who. were opposed to die.
tating to tho Board what, u work
should be done, voting to concur because
they feared that the vacancy that wonld
exist in tho Board alter Mr.. Odbert,s
resignation would be- filed by q gentleman
whom they feared would do too much ior
a certain ward. That gentleman was not
elected to the Board. and then BORROW wae
expressed by. SOME that they had voted aa
they had. a Canvass was made, and h
was believed that the ordinance could he
amended back to its original form, and
Mr.. Jaeger INTRODUCED the ordinance.
QUITE 4 scENE.
There was a good attendance in bot,,
branches last hight, the only absenteses
Frat, and Allison, Davis, Miller and and
Young in the Second. Both were called
to order about O'Clock, and the ninutce
read and approval, The rules wore thar
suspended in both branches and licepees
10 keep coffee houses granted ~ follows
Counciltnan Frank Hegly, a. M. l5d(
Market; Charles schmidt und H. Braud.
fass sureties.
B. Shalvey, at No. q Eleventh s!reet
y. o. Burdstts and Pescr Welty, sure,ies
The ordinance was then takcn up in The
Second and read q second time for amend.
ment or dubate. j lively time had been
looked for, but nothina hall 30 Sensational
and interesting "a what followed tho road.
lug. Mr. Jaeger stated to the members
that he had Understood thu. Councii.
man had said to other Counclmen
thrt member OF the Board had said
that the passage Of this ordinance woull
result in the paving Of the Eighth ward.
Mr.. Jaeger intimated that tho member 81
Council who had made such state.
ment had uttered faluehood, and stated STATE.
that no member Of the Board had ever
said such thing,
This brought to bis feet Mr. Cruise, who
in sn inpaasioned srd excited manner
declared that Nh. Hobbe, Of the Board.
had mado ouch statement in his hear.
ing and that Of othess, and offered to
prove it he further charged Mr.. Hobbs
with having said that he Was in tbs
Board solely that he might benefit and
improve the Eighth ward, and that when
be had done that he would resign. Mr.,
Grnse's remarks caused quite stir.
Mr.. Robertson made some spirited re-
marks aud there VISA sharp but good ma
tured Interchange Of words between him
and Col. Caldwell.
Col. Caldsell outlined what the Board
proposed to do. The ordinance was iieaI.
ly passed by voto Of II to 10. Lacking
q twothirda majority, it remains on the
table until the ne < meeting, when another
majority vote will put It in force, os
far rs this Branch is CONCERNED. What
ita fate will be in the First remains to be-
seen. In the Meantime splendid weasher
for paving is rapidly slipping away.
THE Il. j o. SWITCH.
Tho Board came in for another rocrd
Hcosing in both branches when the follow.
ing offered by NJ. Ds)brugee came up for
adoption. Both branches adopted il: '
WHEREAS, The Board Of Public Works
has without any authority or law granted
to the firm OF klevis, Kraft Il Go. The
privilege Of putting down a track or
switch disgonaIly ACROSS Water street,
between Twenty. second snd Twenty.
third streets, Tor the aols and individual
use and benefit Of klevis, Kraft Il Co.,
thereby recesaita.ing heavy fill to be-
made; and, u
WHEREAS, The laying Of said track or
switch obs:ructs the said Water street, the
side walk Of said street and alley 10, and
creates a detriment to vehicles aud pedes.
trian travel Of said street and alley, also
injurins and denrscisting the value Of the
property Of reaiderts Of asid s,reets; and
WHEREAS, The firm Of Klevis, Krat. &
Go. have shown disposition to boas. aud
declare that 10 po ser vestad in the city
or its anthor!ties could compel them, the
said Klovis, Kraft 4 Go , to remove said
track or obstruction; therefore he it
Rssolrsd, That the City Solicitor be-, and
he ID hereby, inatructed 10 institute legal
proceedings in the name and on behalf OF
the city to compel the said K!evis, Kraft
X Co. to remove the track unlawIulIy
placed On sid street.
ISTlREsr on ORDERS.
A RESOLUTION wsa adopted by both
branches authorizing the City CLERK TO